How did Robert Bob Rita spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2017

Democratic Robert Bob Rita's election campaign committee, Friends of Robert "Bob" Rita, spent $20,612 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Rita's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 72.7% of this total ($4,000) going to Browntown Communications in Blue Island. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rita's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$5,500

26.7%

Golf outings

$4,000

19.4%

Promotional items

$2,217

10.8%

Rent

$1,800

8.7%

Fund raising entertainment

$1,145

5.6%

Signs

$1,120

5.4%

Telephones

$820

Food for staff

$716

3.5%

Cell phones

$673

3.3%

Voter contact

$540

2.6%

Contribution check returned stop payment

$500

2.4%

Friends of bob t-shirts

$355

1.7%

Parade float

$327

1.6%

Gifts

$272

1.3%

Contributon check returned closed account

$250

1.2%

Printing

$198

Newspaper advertising

$175

0.9%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Edgewood Valley Country Club

2017-09-28

$4,000

Golf outings

Browntown Communications

2017-07-26

$2,000

Consulting

Browntown Communications

2017-08-25

$2,000

Consulting

Robert Newman

2017-07-18

$1,800

Rent

4 Imprint

2017-07-25

$1,315

Promotional items

Lizzie McNeils Irish Pub

2017-08-07

$1,145

Fund raising entertainment

Colyer Signs

2017-09-25

$1,120

Signs

4 Imprint

2017-09-12

$901

Promotional items

At&t

2017-09-25

$554

Telephones

Smokey Bones

2017-07-18

$552

Food for staff

RK PR Solutions

2017-07-18

$500

Consulting

RK PR Solutions

2017-08-20

$500

Consulting

RK PR Solutions

2017-09-25

$500

Consulting

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits

2017-08-30

$500

Contribution check returned stop payment

Verizon Wireless

2017-09-25

$450

Cell phones

V P Custom

2017-09-21

$355

Friends of bob t-shirts

Chicago White Sox

2017-07-21

$272

Gifts

At&t

2017-07-18

$266

Telephones

Crestwood Heights Nursing Center

2017-08-30

$250

Contributon check returned closed account

Paradefloatstuff

2017-08-31

$227

Parade float

Verizon

2017-08-20

$222

Cell phones

Silvestri Printing

2017-09-13

$198

Printing

Messanger Press

2017-09-25

$175

Newspaper advertising

Athena Greek Restaurant

2017-08-07

$164

Food for staff

Voter Activation NGP Van Inc.

2017-09-25

$131

Voter contact

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